Read this excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth.

How does the situational irony of this excerpt affect "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

The narrator brags of his sharpened senses, but his "acute hearing" is ultimately his downfall.

It explains why the narrator is so quiet around the old man as he lay sleeping.

The narrator thinks his hearing is very good, so it is surprising when he fails to hear the old man groan in his sleep.

The narrator's hatred of the old man is shown to be entirely rational and justified.

Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.

Time remaining 59: 40 luka is writing a fictionalized story about a physicist. what would be the best choice for source material to use for his story? o o o o a blockbuster film a national newspaper a science-fiction website a popular novel

Which words best describe granny’s character? select all that apply